India successfully tests nuclear-capable Agni-I missile

Bhubaneswar: India on Friday successfully test-fired indigenously-developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I missile from a military base in Odisha, a defence official said.

The missile, which can strike a target 700 km away and can carry a one tonne nuclear warhead, was tested by the armed forces from a facility on Wheeler Island near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, 170 km from Bhubaneswar.

"It hit the target with hundred per cent accuracy. It was a perfect test," director of the Integrated Test Range, MVKV Prasad, told IANS. "This was another user trial with a short range."

Amongst those who witnessed the test were Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief VK Saraswat.